I am able to love and support myself and others in the doing — Clay Stablein
By which standard would we be measuring our internal ethical rules and external judgments that allow us to change our internal moral compass or decide not to? — Benkei
By which standard would we be measuring our internal ethical rules and external judgments that allow us to change our internal moral compass or decide not to? — Benkei
By which standard would we be measuring our internal ethical rules and external judgments that allow us to change our internal moral compass or decide not to? — Benkei
you already answered the question in (5) — csalisbury
By the objective standard of whether our behaviour helps towards the ultimate ethical goal. — gurugeorge
Your core values. These don't change that much, certainly not once you pass a certain age, but possibly never since they seem to be biologically determined for a good part. — ChatteringMonkey
Your core values. These don't change that much, certainly not once you pass a certain age, but possibly never since they seem to be biologically determined for a good part. — ChatteringMonkey
Are you suggesting there's a ranking of value? Which ones go first? Why? How do you arrive at that ranking? — Benkei
By which standard would we be measuring our internal ethical rules and external judgments that allow us to change our internal moral compass or decide not to? — Benkei
How do you access knowledge of this standard? It's not a state of affairs we can observe. — Benkei
1. As children we mimic others' behaviour — Benkei
2. At some point we internalise our own behaviour along certain ethical rules — Benkei
By which standard would we be measuring our internal ethical rules and external judgments that allow us to change our internal moral compass or decide not to?
Let's assume for the sake of this thread that we arrive at our personal ethical views as follows: — Benkei
No. It's not ranking of values. That's too simplistic -- and probably no one does that. It's deliberation of what needs to be done in the face of an ethical problem. And let's not forget fear-- we could do something about it but too fearful to do it. Or mistake in assessing the situation. Yes, we could be mistaken, too, and act according to this mistaken belief.Are you suggesting there's a ranking of value? Which ones go first? Why? How do you arrive at that ranking? — Benkei
By which standard would we be measuring our internal ethical rules and external judgments that allow us to change our internal moral compass or decide not to? — Benkei
By which standard would we be measuring our internal ethical rules and external judgments that allow us to change our internal moral compass or decide not to? — Benkei
It's not condemnation and approval that rightly causes us to revisit our ethical rules (Premise 5), but it's introspection. — Hanover
We change our internal moral compass when, through evaluation, we realize our behavior is not adhering to some higher principle. I would think we should consider the condemnation and approval of others only to the extent we evaluate the responses of others as reasonable. — Hanover
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